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January 15, 2019

Glen Argan: Reform begins with an open conversation

Pope Francis walks in front of a candle in memory of victims of sexual abuse as he visits St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin Aug. 25.

Last week, I put on my detective’s hat to help a friend from out of town. Her father had lost contact with a close friend of his who lived in St. Albert, a suburb of Edmonton. Could I help my friend’s dad find his friend?

Published in Register Columnists
April 2, 2017

For Jesuits, love is where the conversation begins

Three Canadian Jesuits — from left, Artur Suski, Edmund Lo and John O’Brien — began their Jesuit life together in Montreal in 2008.

If discerning a vocation was simply a more holy version of making career choices there would be no need to talk about love. But for Jesuits, the conversation about a vocation is always a conversation about love.

Published in Call to Service
June 3, 2015

Church needs more open dialogue, LCWR leader tells Toronto crowd

Sr. Carol Zinn, a Philadelphia-based Sister of St. Joseph, speaks to Canadian sisters and religious order priests and brothers in Toronto June 3. Zinn was one of the group of women religious who met with Pope Francis for 50 minutes May 15 to discuss the future of religious life and U.S. women religious.

TORONTO - Having survived five years of investigation, interrogation and suspicion as past president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the United States, Sr. Carol Zinn of the Sisters of St. Joseph is calling for more open, honest and heartfelt dialogue across the divides within the Church.

Published in Canada
January 24, 2015

TCDSB program helping parents improve children’s communication skills

Strategies like asking open-ended questions promotes discussion and new vocabulary in children, according to Andrea Coke, the school board's chief language pathologist. A parent is shown discussing the book with her child in this screenshot of a board resource video.

TORONTO - Parents of Toronto Catholic kindergarten pupils are becoming better equipped to support, enhance and enrich the development of their child’s communication skills.

Published in Education